How the inventor of the Dynamite, after reading his own obituary, created the Noble Prize

Nobel’s creation of the Prizes is attributed to a mistaken obituary.
As the story goes, in 1888 Nobel’s brother Ludvig, died. The European press mistook Ludvig for Alfred. He had been serenely criticized for inventing the dynamite. He thought of not leaving this world with such bad reputation.
Reading these reports motivated Nobel to use the fortune he had amassed from manufacturing arms to establish prizes that would recognize mankind’s benefactors. In 1895, Nobel wrote his third and last will, establishing the five prizes: chemistry, literature, physiology or medicine, physics, and peace. He died the following year, and the first prizes were given out in 1901.

Видео How the inventor of the Dynamite, after reading his own obituary, created the Noble Prize канала Khalid Chishti